Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-04-01

70 led. shor4iy afAar this Leslie Rss
80, psf % his siippsrs, took drink Of
water, vent 20 tie door, pieks4 uP the
gun and pointed Il e. Carrier. Who sat
By the IRE writing. Carrier sprang for
Wsrd and eaueht bold Of the ann i1st -
Il wns discharged and the IRE fr0m the
oowdeT barnf 9 hole in bis oFerallA
Currisr eaid, Leslie ysa did not Rek me
that time.s Leslie did not speak. bat
struRRied for the gun . moment
and then turned and ran out OF
tie door, CuFrier following and throw
inx 9 load into she guR be nse0
into the bushes where be beard
Leslie running. The night was bit-
tsE cold and Leslie hsd Lost bis slip
pess 10 The struggle and uas IN his shiFt
and drawers. After this they kept watch
al might and IN the morning
they made Up their pinds thae
they bad better come 10 this post and
lay their case before tbs miners here.
They thouQht that Leslie was dead. and
they did not want to be accused OF his
murder. After telling their story they
asked for volunteers to 20 up the river
With them. VIM. Howard and O. B.
Spsrry volunteered 10 20. Altar hard
trip Of i've days over the hills through
water, ice and snow, the oabin was
reached and everything vas foand q
described, bot no aign OF Leslie. After
Spending two days looking fer bis
tracks In the neighboFing woods they
started for Smiths cabin, which YES ID
20 20 miles further no the river. Ar
irving there, they found Leslie laid up
in bed with the skin ali Of the bottom
Of bis feet, and one Of thsD had q bad
eat from the toe 20 the middle OF the
heel. The night be arrived at smiths
be told them that BY some means poison
had got into the beans and that bis
partners Blamed him for IL. and he
heard them say that II be did not eat
the beans in the morning they
vould blow his bead eff He said
be vas 90 scared THAI Il made
him crazy. and ell be thought Of vas 20
get away from them; that be dared mes
pot on his clothes fer fear they would
slap him; that as he had seen smith .
cabin when be vas oat With CuFFIeF, be
thought be would try and get there. He
did not say anything about the shoot
ing, and when Mr.. Howard asked him
20 explain It he said he vas only trying
10 get the gun out of the house t. hide
il so that they could not shoot him, aRd
that as soon az be picked u up Mr.. Cor
rier grabbed il. and in the
struggle it went OF. and be raH
away. Mr.. Leslie IL In q bad fix, and
will without doubt be confined to his
bed all winter. Howard ard Spsrry re-
turned after a hard trip Of fifteen days
an made their report as above. As
for LesIie's packet, il only exists IN
bis brain. We all thiRk him crazy
on that one subj OF, and do
not think he ever had a cousin by the
name OF Rudolph Hoe. Gan anyone
in Seattle throw any light en- the sub
ctr New, before closing this | want
TO say that have net writteR this letter
TO make excitement. have written OF
the country as have seen 10. There ID
no IRISH camp discovered here yeti ID
only wages as yet. think it Is good
country to prospect In. and there is let's
Of it. ] have 1900 miles Of river before
me yet, and am going to see it all.
never shall 90 up stream. il is too much
fun TO Goat down With the current.
This letter will go overland to Juneau.
Alaska, in charge OF Captain Thomas
Williams, who Is going ont on the ice "a
soon As the river closes, TO take oat mail
Postage, Is cents per half ounce.
BEDROCK.